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7:12 PM.The Methodist lay-preacher, John Thornley, continues his series on the spiritual side of pop music.This evening he discusses I Dreamed a Dream sung by Aretha Franklin. Audio

8:09 PM.Making the numbers add up is Dr. Dillon Mayhew from Victoria University's School of Mathematics, Statistics and Operations Research. Tonight he's looking at a recent discovery based on the game SET. Audio

7:07 PM.NZ Table Tennis Champion Yvonne Fogarty visited China in the 1970s during the Cultural Revolution, and this fascinating tale allowed her writer husband Tony Eyre to recently win them an all expenses… Read more Audio

9:08 PM.We talk to organiser Kelvin Aris about the Lucid Dream Bicycle Laboratory, which is currently building 7 beautiful bicycle floats on the Wellington waterfront in preparation for a series of night… Read more Video, Audio

8:08 PM.Prof. Murray Thomson from University of Otago examines the results of the world first New Zealand national survey of oral health in rest homes. Audio

7:08 PM.Deborah Littman was a leader in the London Living wage campaign, which successfully convinced the greater London authority to become a Living Wage employer. Here in NZ, the movement, which bridges… Read more Audio

8:12 PM.Ready to let your inner Cathy free? On Saturday 16th July, large groups of red-clad men, women and children will gather at events around the world to dance to Kate Bush's 1978 hit song, Wuthering… Read more Audio

8:12 PM.Can you spot a whip from a nae-nae? University of Auckland ethnomusicologist Dr Kirsten Zemke looks at recent dance crazes. Audio

8:13 PM.Motoko Kakubayashi reports on the Japanese link to the Bangladesh terror attack, Obama's visit to Hiroshima, the upcoming election and a famous fish market on the move. Audio

7:13 PM.Dermatologist Dr Sandra Lee - aka Dr Pimple Popper, has millions of online fans hanging off her every squeeze. We talk soft pops and hard pops and ask why so many people love watching pimple popping… Read more Video, Audio

8:12 PM.Lipstick, waxing and heels - oppression or choice - equality for women with feminist blogger Deborah Russell. Audio

7:12 PM.This week's Odyssey belongs to Peter Kerr, who a few weeks back told us about his cycling adventure down China's south east coast. Peter's back from Okaihau in Northland. Audio

8:12 PM.Professor Emerita in Science Communication at the University of Otago Jean Fleming, on (quirky) human anatomy... Audio

8:10 PM.BBC sports journalist Russell Fuller reports from courtside, Wimbledon. We'll also get an update on the Euro football champs and the heroic run of the Icelandic team. Audio

8:12 PM.Former convener at VUW Modern Letters Creative Writing workshop, Cliff Fell on the brilliant and tragic career of Marina Tsvetaeva. Audio

8:12 PM.Editor of The International Jerusalem Post and a Jerusalem Post columnist, Liat Collins reports from the State of Israel, pop. 8,238,300 (est. 2014)... Audio

7:12 PM.Rongoa practitioner and tutor Donna Kerridge shares her knowledge of traditional Maori medicine and offers some simple practical advice for everyday ailments. Donna is a trained herbalist and the… Read more Audio

8:12 PM.1 July marks the centennial of the "bloodiest day in the history of the British Army", the start of the First Battle of the Somme . We'll hear from historian and author Dr. Damien Fenton. Audio

8:09 PM.200 years ago the eruption of Mt Tambora in Indonesia caused the "Year without a Summer". The cold stormy weather over much of the world caused 100,000s of deaths from starvation and disease… Read more Audio

8:45 PM.While most New Zealand politicians were urging Britain to remainin the EU, there was one that wasn't. The New Zealand First leader Winston Peters even travelled to the UK to speak at the House of… Read more Audio